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There are twelve including the children.

Hi all,
I want to parse the sentence bellow:
There are twelve including the children.
Here is what I think but I am not sure. Hope anyone can help me.
twelve: subject (twelve)
are : linking verb
including: adjective
the: determiner(or adjective)
children: objective
But how about "there"? Is it adverb?
Can I write the sentence as follows:
Twelve are there including the children.
OR
Twelve there are including the children.
Thank you.

Re: There are twelve including the children.

Thank you Katherine99,
I think you are right but there are some part I am not sure. I am confused about "there". How can I know if it is adverb or pronoun?

including the children-adverb modifier (prepositional phrase)

Could you tell me what part of sentence the adverb modifier refer to? I think it modify the whole sentence, right?
Is it possible that "including the children" an adjective phrase that modify the noun "twelve"?

In terms of phrasal/clausal analysis, the subject is the NP ‘twelve (people)’ and ‘including the children’ is a participle phrase consisting of a head (‘including’, present, a.k.a. active, participle of the verb ‘include’) governing NP ‘the children’ as object, the whole adjectivally post-modifying the subject NP.

Re: There are twelve including the children.

Thank you, Philo, for your thoughtful answer.
I like your parsing. It is very clear.
But I still have a problem, could you help me another again?

In terms of phrasal/clausal analysis, the subject is the NP ‘twelve (people)’ and ‘including the children’ is a participle phrase consisting of a head (‘including’, present, a.k.a. active, participle of the verb ‘include’) governing NP ‘the children’ as object, the whole adjectivally post-modifying the subject NP.

If I change the original sentence into the sentence bellow:There were twelve including the children.In this case, can I use "including"? And is "including" present participle here?